Table 1.

HCPs Contaminated Sites After Patient Care Tasks Simulation and After Removal of PPE

	HCPs Contaminated Sites After Patient Care Tasks (Before Removal of PPE)								HCPs Sites Contaminated After Removal of PPE
	Nurses (N=4)		Physiotherapists (N=4)		Physicians (N=4)		Total HCPs (N=12)		Nurses (N=4)		Physiotherapists (N=4)		Physicians (N=4)		Total HCPs (N=12)
Sites	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Head	0	0	0	0	4b	100	4	33.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neck	1a	25	0	0	0	0	1	8.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chest	4	100	4	100	4	100	12	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Abdomen	4	100	4	100	3	75	11	91.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pelvis	4	100	4	100	3	75	11	91.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Upper limbs	4	100	4	100	2	50	10	83.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hands	4	100	4	100	4	100	12	100	1d	25	0	0	0	0	1	8.3
Lower limbs	1	25	3	75	4	100	8	66.7	0	0	0	0	1e	25	1	8.3
Back	0	0	2	50	0	0	2c	16.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes: PPE, personal protective equipment; HCPs, healthcare professionals.

^aAdjusted the mask during the patient care tasks simulation.

^bContamination during the pulmonary auscultation.

^cHCPs touched their backs after simulated patient care tasks.

^dContamination should be avoided with proper hand hygiene after removal of PPE.

^eHCP touched a lower limb during PPE removal.